But what if they gave him the Mecurius? It was his personal weapon in fe1 after all. It could maybe be a legendary firesweep sword, to replicate its attack sealing affect in fe1. If that’s not good enough for a legendary hero, well maybe it can be a firesweep sword that can counterattack. I mean, we just got a brave sword that works in enemy phase, so it’s not like it’s unprecedented.

I’m a little disappointed about the second Reinhardt and Olwen. I would have rather seen some new blood from Thracia, especially since Reinhardt will be pity breaking my quest for Leif (even if Reinhardt’s sword is horrifying). I’m assuming they did this because Reinhardt and Olwen topped the popularity pool, even though the only reason they did was because they were the only Thracia characters in the game. Olwen’s cool, but outside of Heroes, who really gives a shit about Reinhardt? I’m just salty because no Othin, though maybe that’s a good thing, because when they do add Othin, i’m frightened the Pugi will receive a name change. They won me back with that Silas grand hero battle, though. I’m hella stoked for that.

So obviously we’ re gonna see the Thracia banner, but what I’m excited about is who the 4th unit will be. Like, for almost every 3 person banner, we almost always get a 4th, through grand hero battle, tempest trail, shady Arya stuff, or, most recently, as a legendary hero(though this could be seen as shady Ayra stuff). I want to know who else they could add. I predict:
-If it’s a grand hero battle, then probably Redrick, since Reinhardt’s already in the game, and I don’t think anyone wants Veld. I could also see a Galzus ghb, but you don’t see ghb for recruitable characters very often.
- If it’s a tempest trial reward, then I expect someone like Othin or Linoan. I guess they could also due Mareeta, but there’s so many quick sword users in the game that I sure hope not. They could also go the Arden rout and add someone memey, like Marty, which would be awesome.
- I don’t want them to add a legendary hero, as I rarely Summon from those banners, but I think if they did, Ced would work extremely well. He certainly fits the legendary part well, plus he has a strong affinity for wind, and the next legendary hero is going to be wind or Ice based. I would be both excited and upset if they did this. I love Ced, but really don’t like legendary hero banners.

I agree with most these changes, but I feel like there could be a way to balance out the game while pursuit is still a skill. Characters with Holy weapons could not have pursuit or something. I wouldn’t mind if they just gave everyone pursuit, but I feel like they could do something interesting with it if they kept it in.

Veronica shot all the way up to 2nd place? I mean I’lol take it. Veronica has a pretty great design, so I’m glad she won over Camilla. I would have rather have had Lute or something, but that’s pie in the sky. I’m pleasantly surprised, and glad my predictions were wrong. This is much more interesting.

They could just give Hector blazing Durandal and call it a day. He is Lycian too, after all.
As for Celica’s appearance, I think her overclass could work. She had a neat design. Having two red units on one banner would be bad though, so she could be just a different color mage.

I can’t really wrap my head around the idea that putting another version of a character in the game would somehow result in them getting less votes. If anything, it would have the opposite effect, as it puts the character more in the spotlight. Look how much support Camilla’s gotten. Am I upset they added another version of Erika in the game? Yes, but that’s because I don’t like Erika and there were a bunch of really great sacred stones characters they could have added instead. But here’s the thing: I was never going to vote for Erika in the first place. If they added another version of Hector(the character I’ve been voting for this whole time) I wouldn’t be like “ew, more of a thing I like” I’d be like “sweet, more Hector! I love that guy.”
I realize it was just a dumb theory you had, but I found it dumb in that it just makes literally no sense.

Holy shit Tharja completely dropped. Unfortunately Camilla didn’t. I would have much rather seen Tharja in top 2 than Camilla, or even Erika, but it can’t be helped. And I did not expect Celica to be number one! I thought I heard that Faye was more popular in Japan? Well I’m glad we seem to be getting 2 characters I like! I hope that (but don’t expect) Marth surpasses Ephraim.

Marth could potentially surpass Chrom. I bet a lot of Roy voters voted for him because smash bros, as I honestly cannot think of any other reason to vote for Roy. Plus, I bet a lot of Fe12 Marth voters will vote for fe11 Marth instead, as fe11 Marth did way better, so they might switch just so a version of Marth wins. I’m not counting Chrom out, Awakening is still a stupidly popular game, but Marth’s got a shot.
I’d like to think Celica will do better, as she’s the best female lord in the series, but unfortunately not a lot of people see that. At the very least, I think she’ll beat Micaiah.

I just don’t see Ephraim gaining all that much popularity from heroes. Sure, he’s really good in heroes, to the extent that I use him even though I don’t really like him, but it’s not like sacred stones was a particularly obscure fe game before, it being a lot of people’s first fe (not as much as fe7, but still). I just don’t see him actually gaining too many new fans from feh.
I don’t see why Chrom having 2 seasonal variants hurts his chances that much. Like, it may make a few people salty that he’s in the game so much, but not really the people who would be voting for him in the first place. Like, it could hurt him a little, but not to the extent where he’d have no chance. He had a pretty large lead over Marth, and I’m thinking most Ike voters will actually go to Hector, as they’re more similar. Chrom could be threatened if they combine the Marth votes, but they probably won’t.
edit: Roy fans will probably vote Marth though, considering smash bros is like, the only reason to vote Roy.

Hector could just have blazing Durandal. He is Lycian too, after all.
Considering Garnefe was high up there, we should talk the Reddit poll with a tiny grain of salt. Really don’t think Heroes brought in a ton more Ephraim fans, so he’ll probably still get beaten by Marth.